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To find it strange I still haven’t got a bump at 20 weeks

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MotherToBee · 03/02/2021 02:18

I’m 20 weeks today and still have a flattish stomach.
The only reason I find it worrying is because I’ve literally got the frame of a 12 year old I’m slightly underweight and I’m 5 foot 2.
I can feel baby moving all the time wiggling around in there so I know baby is doing fine when I went to the first scan I measured at 13 weeks exactly and baby measured slightly under but still 13 weeks if that makes sense?
Also this is my first time being pregnant and all I see on Facebook groups all these lovely round bumps around 20 weeks I’m super jealous lol
I know every women is different but it really is concerning me now :(

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Aquamarine1029 · 03/02/2021 02:31

Don't be concerned, op, truly. Every woman is different, and your body size rarely has anything to do with it. I'm 6' and with both of my babies I didn't show for ages and ages. And both of my babies were over 9lbs at birth. Scans are the be all and end all, and what matters is that your baby's movements are really good. Everything is fine!

kittenpeak · 03/02/2021 02:36

Don’t be concerned at all. I didn’t get a bump til 27 weeks but like you I was surprised at how late it came. I wasn’t wearing maternity jeans til then (to be fair before then I was wearing pyjamas a lot as my normal jeans were getting tight) I’m 5’6’’ and was a 12/14 pre pregnancy. My stomach was never flat flat flat and was a bit squidgy - my lucky friends who have beautiful flat stomachs always showed earlier because their tummies don’t have enough “give”

Is this your first baby? First baby bumps take longer to take form as apparantly out tummy muscles “fight” the change.

Please don’t worry. If it’s moving and your 20 week scan went well you don’t have anything to worry about. Just be lucky you don’t have to deal with a huge bump for long.

Rtmhwales · 03/02/2021 02:37

I didn't get a bump until 27/28 weeks (and then delivered at 32 without most people knowing I was pregnant. Whoops.). All was good.

Sceptre86 · 03/02/2021 07:37

Depends on your weight, frame and genetics to some extent. I already have a podgy b shaped belly so it will be a while yet before I have a neater bump. I can get away with , 'oh she's put more weight on' rather than looking pregnant for a while.

Sceptre86 · 03/02/2021 07:38

With my first baby I was very slim and a bump didn't appear till 24 weeks gone.

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